Quote from: Franktank on July 16, 2014, 12:15:59 AM

For those curious on HashRatio's Farm (and potentially AM franchisee¹):

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNzQwNjcxNDM2.html

Some key points:
- HashRatio Interview starts @ 25:30
- Hardware is seen @ 27:00
- Interviewee mentions the figure of "700" @ 27:58
- Interviewee mentions the figure of "7" and "150" @ 28:54
- 2nd Person arrives @ 29:40
- Short interview piece with 2nd Person @ 30:00
- Bitcoin brotherly love exhibited @ 30:27
- Interview ends @ 30:55

It would be appreciated if any ~~Mandarin~~ Japanese speaker/shareholder could provide a transcript of the piece.

¹It is rumored that HashRatio is a AM franchisee; not officially confirmed

EDIT: Corrected the language, apologies for any confusion/offense

OK, I'm home, just watched through the video. I think I've got 95% of this right, bits I'm unsure about are in red.
Open to any corrections of course.
I've tried to stay fairly literal with the translation. Note that the narrator says "factory" to mean "farm", and "computer" to mean "miner".

starting @25:30
Narrator : Not just a get-rick-quick dream - bitcoin mining. After some negotiations, we made contact with one of the best mining groups in China. Among them is Mr. Choto 趙東 (actual Chinese reading might sound slightly different). He was working as a computer engineer before. Today, Mr choutou is headed to Yamai-town, 500km from Beijing. In this place, he says there's a secret factory for mining.

Mr. Choto : The site of the mining factory is a secret for safety reasons. Please don't film around here.

Narrator : It's said that the Chinese mine 300 billion yen worth of bitcoin per year. What on earth kind of site could this be?

Mr. Choto : This is the mining factory.

Narrator : At first glance it looks like a normal warehouse but, upon looking inside there were countless computers lined up. The number of units is approximately 6,000. "Mining" is doing special calculations. The faster these calculations can be done, the bigger the profits will become.

Mr. Choto : This one is amazing. It calculates incredibly fast. Altogether this factory can acquire around 7 million yen worth of bitcoin in one day.

Narrator : Mr. Choto started mining in April of last year. At that time, he was operating with two computers in his home. One year later, it's become a 24 hour mining operation cooled by huge fans. The total profit at this stage has reached 20 billion yen. Why have they made this factory in the countryside, 500km away from Beijing? The reason is the cheap price of electricity.

Mr. Choto : It uses around 70,000 yen per hour, so in a day that exceeds 1,500,000 yen. In a month ... I can't figure it *chuckles*

Narrator : Mr. choto says bitcoin is something he's invested (bet) his life on.

Mr. Choto : Not to venture anything is the greatest risk. Bitcoin is a revolutionary technology. And I've been given this revolutionary chance. I can't let go of it.

Narrator : Today, one of his mining colleagues has come to visit from Beijing. Alone it's hard to beat the competition, so Mr. Choto carries out his mining in conjunction with others.

Other dude : I'm here to compete. People who don't want to fight it out should go and do something else. ... Thanks a lot, see you in Beijing.

Narrator : The computer operation known as mining is producing a lot. What we see from this site in China is that (bitcoin is) far removed from traditional currencies as a means of exchange.

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